Many patients were also able to answer questions about pop culture. However, we found that when asking the patient personal questions about their lives, they tended to answer incorrectly. Because of this, we decided to stimulate the hippocampus to see if it would allow them to access their recent memories.

We believe that the re-awakening of their somatic nervous system, which controls conscious movements and actions, temporarily disrupted the functioning of their autonomic nervous system, which controls unconscious actions such as breathing and blinking.

[PERFORMING SURGERY] We need to remove the foreign brain tissue NOW. Get me a scalpel.